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Peaceblinkfriend Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
"..timeliess quality as if it had existed forever""After we (had) conducted
Hi,
I have trouble understanding this sentence. Could you help me understand it, please?
The city has a timeless quality as if it had existed forever.
Second, which of the following is the correct version?
After we had conducted a survey, we found that the majority spends more than 3 hours on the internet everyday.
After we conducted a survey, we found that the majority spends more than 3 hours on the internet everyday.
Thank you.
Best wishes,
PBF
I have trouble understanding this sentence. Could you help me understand it, please?
The city has a timeless quality as if it had existed forever.
Second, which of the following is the correct version?
After we had conducted a survey, we found that the majority spends more than 3 hours on the internet everyday.
After we conducted a survey, we found that the majority spends more than 3 hours on the internet everyday.
Thank you.
Best wishes,
PBF
Top answer
Hi PBF, The city has a timeless quality - it doesn't seem like it was built a hundred years ago, or two hundred, or five hundred. Neither does it seem like an ancient Roman city. It just seems like it's always been there.
- Hi PBF, The city has a timeless quality - it doesn't seem like it was built a hundred years ago, or two hundred, or five hundred.
- Neither does it seem like an ancient Roman city.
- It just seems like it's always been there.
- Something that it is "timeless" can seem as if (as though) it has existed forever.
- ) spend more then three hours on the Internet every day.
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Hi PBF,
The city has a timeless quality - it doesn't seem like it was built a hundred years ago, or two hundred, or five hundred. Neither does it seem like an ancient Roman city. It just seems like it's always been there. Something that it is "timeless" can seem as if (as though) it has existed forever. (I would have used "has" instead of "had" in that sentence.)
Truly, I'd write
The city has a timeless quality - it doesn't seem like it was built a hundred years ago, or two hundred, or five hundred. Neither does it seem like an ancient Roman city. It just seems like it's always been there. Something that it is "timeless" can seem as if (as though) it has existed forever. (I would have used "has" instead of "had" in that sentence.)
Truly, I'd write
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Thank you for replying to my post, Grammar Geek.
I am sorry but I still don't understand what that sentence means. I mean I can't really visualise what you have written about the sentence. What does it mean by it seems like it has always been there? What would the city look like if it was describe this way?
Thank you for you help again.
Best wishes,
PBF
I am sorry but I still don't understand what that sentence means. I mean I can't really visualise what you have written about the sentence. What does it mean by it seems like it has always been there? What would the city look like if it was describe this way?
Thank you for you help again.
Best wishes,
PBF
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I don't know. It's a rather poetic way of writing in the first place.
I guess it doesn't look like it came alive during the Renaissance, and it doesn't look new and shiny.
Maybe Prague?
I guess it doesn't look like it came alive during the Renaissance, and it doesn't look new and shiny.
Maybe Prague?
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